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Hosterstats has just posted an interesting domain analysis of the relationship and frequency of the same domain name being registered/unregistered for the .com .net .org .biz .info .mobi .asia .tel gTLDs.

The .info namespace is particularly interesting because over 25% of the names registered are unique to .info (i.e. not registered in any of the other gTLDs.

In March 1985, the first .com domain was registered, igniting the birth of the consumer Internet that, 25 years later, continues to transform communications, commerce and our society as a whole

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